Train Your Leaders

CREC has developed extensive professional development curricula, implemented in-person or through web-delivery, for economic and workforce development staff on basic principles of data use, development, economic analysis, labor market information, and economic policy implementation. Trainings are offered in partnership with C2ER, the LMI Institute, and APDU.

CREC's trainings range from economic impact analysis to GIS instruction. CREC also develops customized economic and data trainings to meet client needs.

Train Your Leaders

The Center for Regional Economic Competitievness provides trainings for principles of data use in that support:

        Economic and workforce development | Economic analysis | Labor market assessments | Economic policy implementation

Example: Meeting Real-World Needs Via Training

For the Economic Developers’ Conference of Ontario, for instance, CREC staff, working through C2ER, developed a customized two-tiered curriculum to assist policy-makers of various levels of expertise effectively approach regional collaboration and data-driven economic development planning. The curricula were informed and enhanced by the production of ten original case examples, which portrayed recent planning success and failures from across North America.

Additionally, through C2ER and the LMI Institute, CREC can provide clients with access to the Annual C2ER/ LMI Research Forums: five day conferences made up of dozens of panels, trainings, and lectures discussing the most pressing issues in economic development. Our 2011 training was held in San Francisco, California, and brought together hundreds of policy-makers and researchers from around the globe. Information on our past and future conferences can be found at: www.c2er.org/conference/.

Our staff provides expertise and technical assistance by:

  • Evaluating course strengths and weaknesses
  • Piloting new material
  • Developing new content, or migrating material to a web-delivery or more interactive format

Attend one of our training sessions, provided through our partner organizations:
         The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER)  |  Labor Market Institute (LMI)  |  Association of Public Data Users (APDU)

For more information about CREC’s scheduled trainings, customized training, curriculum, and case study development, please contact Program Manager, Ron Kelly, at rkelly@crec.net.

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Development District Association of Appalachia Strategic Planning Retreat
Development District Association of Appalachia
Start Date: Jan 2015 — End Date: Aug 2015

The Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) strengthens the capacity of the region’s LDDs and member governments as local partners to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in its federal-state-local partnership.  DDAA is an important stakeholder in implementing ARC’s strategic plan.  CREC assisted in implementing a strategic planning process, including managing a Board retreat in August […]

Labor Market Information Training and Support for Workforce Staff
Arizona Commerce Authority
Start Date: May 2013 — End Date: Jun 2015

Working with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) Workforce Division, the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) assisted in the acquisition of a real time job openings database, delivered training and technical assistants to participating Workforce Investment Boards and other partners on labor market information and analysis, provided periodic industry and occupation customer reports, and provided staff training to ACA research staff.

Labor Market Information for Front-Line Staff
District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) contracted with the LMI Institute to develop a customized labor market information (LMI) training course for front line-staff in its American Job Centers. The training was designed to enhance front-line staffs’ understanding of LMI; show participants where and how to access LMI; and demonstrate how LMI […]

Jobs1stPA Summit
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Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

C2ER and the LMI Institute collaborated with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to organize the Jobs1stPA Summit, bringing together Commonwealth leaders and citizens to: highlight progress in aligning workers’ skills with job demands, identify existing obstacles to adapting education and training systems to the marketplace, and find creative solutions that build momentum and […]

Meeting the Needs of LMI Customers
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

This workshop prompted staff to consider not only their wide array of customers, but also how their products help those customers answer their vital questions. Through a series of small group activities, staff identified primary customer groups and what they can do to assist these core customers. They were also asked to provide input about […]
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